So where to begin with this one...the blog blackout can effectively be owed to the fact I've been bunkered in Pai for almost 3 weeks. It wasn't intended beforehand, but such things happen I guess! Before I landed in Pai, I flew to Chiang Mai. I arrived reasonably late the first day and I was hoping to get the bus straight to Pai. Alas though, the final bus for the day was fully booked by the time I reached the bus station! I proceeded to the hostel in Chia...

So here's the first of probably many blog entries over the next year, which I've finally found some time to bang out! All went smooth at Manchester airport after being dropped off by my mother...no tears at this end obviously! The flights themselves weren't the best, especially for Emirates, but that was probably my lack of ability to sleep on public transport as much as anything! Suffice to say, I landed in Bangkok sufficiently jetlagged and tired, but gettin...